/*
 * Middleware
 * Copyright (C) 2010/11
 * Marco Buzzanca, Davide Giuseppe Monaco, Riccardo Pulvirenti, Giuseppe Ravidà,
 * Andrea Tino
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANDABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses
 */

/*!
 * File: xml_translator.hpp
 */

#ifndef _XML_TRANSLATOR_HPP_
#define _XML_TRANSLATOR_HPP_

#include <string>

#include "interface.hpp"

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Interface definitions
namespace middleware {
namespace xml {
/*! \class Runner
 * \brief Interface for classes aiming to be converted in xml.
 *
 * This interface provides the essential methods to let them create an xml
 * version of their structure.
 */
interface XmlTranslator {
public:
	/*!
	 * Translates the class in xml.
	 */
	virtual std::string ToXml() const = 0;
};
} /* xml */
} /* middleware */

#endif
